10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] [FIFA Women's World Cup] Nadeshiko Japan gets a step closer to the knockout stage with a 2-1 victory over Scotland at the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019

On Friday 14 June, the Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) played their second group stage match of the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 against the Scotland Women’s National Team.

Although the weather was unstable throughout the week in Rennes, the match day was welcomed by clear skies from the morning.

With coach TAKAKURA Asako sending off her players by telling them, “This is a match we cannot afford to lose, so let’s play aggressively,” led by their two forwards, SUGASAWA Yuika and IWABUCHI Mana, the team applied aggressive pressure from the front line to take the initiative of the match......